A GHOST ship laden with disease-ridden, cannibal rats is heading towards the UK  but some people are desperate to get on board.

The 91m Lyubov Orlovahas been adrift in the North Atlantic for a year after being cut loose off Canada.The exact location of the 40-year-old Soviet-built cruise ship is unknown but there are many, including Belgian Pim de Rhoodes, who want to find the ship because they can break it apart and sell it for about $1.1million worth of scrap.

Mr de Rhoodes said getting rid of the cannibal rats, the only occupants on the ship, would be his first task. "There will be a lot of rats and they eat each other. If I get aboard I’ll have to lace everywhere with poison," he said.

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